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Vote Data for S428 (96th Congress)


Date: June 12, 1979

Subject: Sanctions on Rhodesia

Description: Stennis (D-MS) motion to table (kill) the Tsongas (D-MA)-Javits (R-NY) amendment to delete a provision in the bill to discontinue U.S. economic sanctions against Rhodesia. This vote followed President Carter's decision to retain sanctions despite the free elections in April which brought majority rule to this beleagured nation.

Result: Motion to Table Agreed to, 52-41

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Voted in Favor:

William Armstrong (R-CO)  
Howard Baker, Jr. (R-TN)  
Henry Bellmon (R-OK)  
Lloyd Bentsen (D-TX)  
David Boren (D-OK)  
Rudy Boschwitz (R-MN)  
Quentin Burdick (D-ND)  
Harry Byrd, Jr. (I-VA)  
Thad Cochran (R-MS)  
William Cohen (R-ME)  
John Danforth (R-MO)  
Dennis DeConcini (D-AZ)  
Robert Dole (R-KS)  
Pete Domenici (R-NM)  
John Durkin (D-NH)  
James Exon (D-NE)  
Wendell Ford (D-KY)  
Jake Garn (R-UT)  
Barry Goldwater (R-AZ)  
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)  
Sam Hayakawa (R-CA)  
Howell Heflin (D-AL)  
John Heinz (R-PA)  
Jesse Helms (R-NC)  
Ernest Hollings (D-SC)  
Walter Huddleston (D-KY)  
Gordon Humphrey (R-NH)  
Roger Jepsen (R-IA)  
Bennett Johnston (D-LA)  
Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS)  
Paul Laxalt (R-NV)  
Russell Long (D-LA)  
Richard Lugar (R-IN)  
James McClure (R-ID)  
Robert Morgan (D-NC)  
Sam Nunn (D-GA)  
Bob Packwood (R-OR)  
Larry Pressler (R-SD)  
William Proxmire (D-WI)  
Jennings Randolph (D-WV)  
Jim Sasser (D-TN)  
Jack Schmitt (R-NM)  
Richard Schweiker (R-PA)  
Alan Simpson (R-WY)  
John Stennis (D-MS)  
Ted Stevens (R-AK)  
Herman Talmadge (D-GA)  
Strom Thurmond (R-SC)  
John Tower (R-TX)  
Malcolm Wallop (R-WY)  
John Warner (R-VA)  
Lowell Weicker (R-CT)  

Voted Against:

Max Baucus (D-MT)  
Birch Bayh (D-IN)  
Joe Biden (D-DE)  
Bill Bradley (D-NJ)  
Dale Bumpers (D-AR)  
Robert Byrd (D-WV)  
John Chafee (R-RI)  
Lawton Chiles (D-FL)  
Frank Church (D-ID)  
Alan Cranston (D-CA)  
John Culver (D-IA)  
Dave Durenberger (R-MN)  
Thomas Eagleton (D-MO)  
John Glenn (D-OH)  
Gary Hart (D-CO)  
Mark Hatfield (R-OR)  
Henry Jackson (D-WA)  
Jacob Javits (R-NY)  
Edward Kennedy (D-MA)  
Patrick Leahy (D-VT)  
Carl Levin (D-MI)  
Warren Magnuson (D-WA)  
Charles Mathias (R-MD)  
Spark Matsunaga (D-HI)  
George McGovern (D-SD)  
John Melcher (D-MT)  
Howard Metzenbaum (D-OH)  
Daniel Patrick Moynihan (D-NY)  
Edmund Muskie (D-ME)  
Gaylord Nelson (D-WI)  
Charles Percy (R-IL)  
David Pryor (D-AR)  
William Roth (R-DE)  
Paul Sarbanes (D-MD)  
Robert Stafford (R-VT)  
Adlai Stevenson III (D-IL)  
Donald Stewart (D-AL)  
Richard Stone (D-FL)  
Paul Tsongas (D-MA)  
Harrison Williams (D-NJ)  
Edward Zorinsky (D-NE)  

Did Not Vote:

Howard Cannon (D-NV)  
Mike Gravel (D-AK)  
Daniel Inouye (D-HI)  
Claiborne Pell (D-RI)  
Abraham Ribicoff (D-CT)  
Donald Riegle (D-MI)  
Milton Young (R-ND)  

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